Blackberry & apple loaf

Blackberry & apple loaf

This moist and fruity cake is a great way to get kids to eat fruit, you may have trouble stopping them!

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 10 chunky slices

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 2 hours, including baking

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C. Butter and line the bottom of a 1.7 litre loaf tin (see tip below). In a large bowl, rub the flour, butter and muscovado sugar together with your fingers to make fine crumbs. Measure out 5 level tbsp of this mixture into a small bowl for the topping, and mix in to it the cinnamon and demerara sugar. Set aside.
  2. Coarsely grate the apple down to the core and mix in with the eggs and the zest. Stir the baking powder into the rubbed-in mixture in the large bowl, then quickly and lightly stir in the egg mixture until it drops lightly from the spoon. Don't overmix.
  3. Gently fold in three quarters of the berries with a metal spoon, trying not to break them up. Spoon into the tin and level. Scatter the rest of the berries on top. Sprinkle over the topping and bake for 1¼ -1 hour 20 minutes. Check after 50 minutes and cover loosely with foil if it is browning too much. When done the cake will feel firm, but test with a skewer.
  4. Leave in the tin for 30 minutes before turning out, then cool on a wire rack. Peel off the paper before cutting. Will keep wrapped in foil or in a tin for up to 2 days.
Try

Watching the time

A 9x20x13cm loaf tin is ideal, but if yours is shallower, the cake may cook faster, so test after an hour.

Using seasonal fruit

You could also use raspberries and tayberries, when they're in season.

327 kcalories, protein 4.0g, carbohydrate 44.0g, fat 16.0 g, saturated fat 10.0g, fibre 2.0g, sugar 23.0g, salt 0.77 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2002.

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  • 28 September 2011

    isabrown rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is an absolutely fantastic cake, i love it!! I thought there was too much topping so i did'nt put so much on top, but I really regret it! I will definately be making it again!!!

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    12 October 2011

    dan rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Great cake! I forgot to use chilled butter, so had to make a separate crumble topping.

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  • 14 October 2011

    AJ Vosse rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have now made 3 seperate batches. The last one was 2.5 times the above mix. I added nuts... great! The family are now on my case to produce more... Thanks for a winner. I've documented some of my results on mt blog... enjoy. http://ouchmybackhurts.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/non-weekly-snippets/

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  • 16 October 2011

    Sharry commented on this recipe

    Simply yummy! After an afternoon of blackberry picking this was gorgeous later with a cuppa. 5 Star

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  • 23 October 2011

    Miss Sophie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    After collecting the last of the autumn blackberries from the hedgerows, I tried both this recipe and the blackberry and coconut squares recipe (also on bbcgoodfood.com). Both were yummy, but I think the other recipe definitely had the edge! Couldn't really taste the apple in this.

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  • 28 October 2011

    sarah rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Gorgeous !!!!! and delicious !!!!

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  • 28 October 2011

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  • 01 November 2011

    Reluctant Gardener commented on this recipe

    This is my favourite recipe for using up blackberries: thank you! I made it several times this Autumn, using mixed spice instead of cinnamon and not bothering about the topping. Also I tend to use whatever sugar comes to hand.

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  • 01 November 2011

    Reluctant Gardener rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Oops, forgot to award stars. Five, definitely!

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  • 03 November 2011

    A.Robinson rated this recipe

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  • 28 November 2011

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely cake, I particularly like the crunchy cinnamon crust on the top. I didn't have any orange so used the zest of a lemon and also used 2 apples instead of 1.

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  • 06 December 2011

    Ella Roberta Noyes commented on this recipe

    This is so delicious that I have passed the recipe to Mother-in-law who is a superb cake maker. She and her friends all enjoyed it. The recipe will come out again next summer when my bramble bush is in full production!

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  • 26 August 2012

    Nicola rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    unsure whether my dad would like this considering he's not keen on blackberries but he loved it and wanted more than I had! it even tasted great the day after and the crumble topping made it really special! :)

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  • 02 September 2012

    The Treacle Beast rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    It was ok, the topping wasn't as crumbly as I would have liked but still enjoyed it. Better a day or two after.

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  • 02 September 2012

    poppy commented on this recipe

    Made this with my 6 year old niece today....really easy and tasty!!

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  • 14 September 2012

    Denisejura rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    made this with my 4 yr old today and love it! great simple food!

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  • 18 September 2012

    Karen Williams rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yum, nom nom! Moist and delicious, packed with flavour.

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  • 10 October 2012

    Penny rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious - used soft brown sugar instead of muscovado and then followed the recipe exactly. Made the kitchen smell divine! Highly recommended for using up a glut of blackberries.

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  • 21 October 2012

    Faye rated and commented on this recipe

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    Gorgeous! I made a beginners error by not checking run was deep enough so loaf over flowed a bit! Still gorgeous though & didn't last long! Will definately make again!

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  • 09 January 2013

    Elinor commented on this recipe

    I adapt recipes... can't help myself ... When making this cake I've used ... cranberries raspberries blueberries mixed forest fruits (frozen from supermarket) dates roughly chopped tried strawberries, it was nice but they became seeds In each cake I left out the apple, orange and zest (hate zest) All the cakes were fantastic Soon, maybe tonight, I'm going to actually use blackberries (picked from my garden during summer and frozen for later) I won't use apple, orange or zest I'm sure it will be a a great cake - just like all the other ones :-)

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 10 chunky slices

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 2 hours, including baking

Ingredients

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327 kcalories, protein 4.0g, carbohydrate 44.0g, fat 16.0 g, saturated fat 10.0g, fibre 2.0g, sugar 23.0g, salt 0.77 g

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